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[elainegrey]

Yesterday we needed to be in the office at 7:30 for a "Town Hall" meeting for the technology division. Not really a "Town Hall" meeting, as "Town Hall" implies questions from the community. I'm not sure what warranted an all-staff meeting, but whatever. We were there. I brought cream cheese, French bread, orange juice, and strawberries. No one indulged during the presentation but myself. Ah well. Someone did thank me afterwards, as they indulged mid-morning.

I was home early, a bit out of sorts because i hadn't gone out for lunch. I ended up distracting myself with SUV shopping. At the moment, i believe the Subaru Forester to be the most efficient high-clearance vehicle that i'd be interested in. On the other hand, it only tows a couple thousand pounds and Tumbleweed Tiny Home RVs need 3/4 to 1 ton trucks with tens of thousands of pounds towing capacity. (Looking at floor plans and the "barn raising" options distracted me this morning.)

I complained about my Very Expensive (to me) Tunisian crochet hooks kit last week, i believe. I took a pencil sharpener to the smallest one last night, barely trimming it. It's made a huge difference, and i happily completed a couple of rows.

Today is a gloriously empty schedule work day. I probably need to set my goals pretty clearly for the day. As far as goal setting goes, i'm not thrilled: i am still having a challenge with after work non-productivity and early morning distractibility. The time to deal with elephants also impacts my goal setting:

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[omens]

waitaminute! tunisian crochet hooks are *different* somehow? Tunisian crochet is next on my yarn to-do list ;D

Your meeting snack sounds so YUM.

[elainegrey]

Tunisian hooks don't *have* to be different, but it is easier to have them be different. First, it's a bit like knitting in that you can only go as wide as the length you have to carry stitches. Then, there's the nice feature of having something to stop the stitches from falling off the tail end. So i have a tunisian hook somewhere that's longer than average for a hook and has a metal stopper on the tail end. I'm guessing you can easily find something like that at a craft store.

The 'spensive set has interchangeable and connectable cords so that i can do a very wide strip. I'm not sure it's much better than the knooking sets: the yarn seems to snag on the metal connectors just like it was snagging on the yarn threaded through the hole. The stopper is very nice though!

[omens]

Oh! I have one of those - a crochet hook that is longer, with a stopper. I inherited it and I had no idea what its deal was. XD Huh! Thanks for the info <3<3 Gonna have to give that a try, soon.